The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Effect of Health Promotion Programme in the Management of Childhood Obesity in a School Set Up


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1 WHO Collaborating Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat-392 002, India
2 Department of Foods and Nutrition, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat-392 002, India
     

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Rapid urbanization, better heaith care facilities, improved economic scenario and increase in the number of nuciear families with both spouses working have brought about phenomenai changes in the diet, dietary habits and activity patterns and resuited in the increased prevalence of overweight and obesity across the globe and across all stages in life particularly in children and adolescents. Predominantly over nutrition is witnessed in developed countries whereas developing countries are faced with a double burden of over nutrition and undernutrition. Evidences suggest that the causative factors are many and the need of the hour is to plan strategies to curtail the increasing prevalence through various approaches which can bring about behavioural modifications, even though may be very small.
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U. V. Mani
WHO Collaborating Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat-392 002, India
L. Mani
WHO Collaborating Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat-392 002, India
A. Hirani
WHO Collaborating Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat-392 002, India
S. Ravikumar
WHO Collaborating Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat-392 002, India
R. Saxena
WHO Collaborating Centre, Vadodara, Gujarat-392 002, India
S. Nanda Kumar
Department of Foods and Nutrition, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat-392 002, India

Abstract


Rapid urbanization, better heaith care facilities, improved economic scenario and increase in the number of nuciear families with both spouses working have brought about phenomenai changes in the diet, dietary habits and activity patterns and resuited in the increased prevalence of overweight and obesity across the globe and across all stages in life particularly in children and adolescents. Predominantly over nutrition is witnessed in developed countries whereas developing countries are faced with a double burden of over nutrition and undernutrition. Evidences suggest that the causative factors are many and the need of the hour is to plan strategies to curtail the increasing prevalence through various approaches which can bring about behavioural modifications, even though may be very small.